EAST RUTHERFORD -- New Giants defensive end Avery Moss has red flags in his background, and the pass rusher does not shy away from them.

Moss, who the Giants selected in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Youngstown State, was charged with indecent exposure while at Nebraska in December of 2012.

Moss was then banned from the university's campus in January of 2014 after, he said at the time, unknowingly violating a restraining order against being in campus dormitory halls in December of 2013.

Moss' indecent exposure charge - he pleaded no contest - came after he exposed himself to a female student worker twice inside a residence hall convenience store, according to published reports.

"My true freshman year, I came in when I was 17, and I got charged with indecent exposure. I got dismissed for going into a dormitory hall that I was banned from for a year. It is what it is," Moss said. "I waited to try to get back into the University of Nebraska. They shortly dismissed me, and then I went to the FCS and followed coach Bo (Pelini)."

Moss received a four-year campus ban, according to The Omaha World-Herald, and lost his final appeal in January of 2015 after paying a $500 fine. The ban from campus effectively ended his academic and football careers at Nebraska.

Moss, who spent 2014 working full-time at a car dealership in Lincoln, Neb., then transferred to Youngstown State to reunite with Pelini, who was fired by Nebraska. Moss played two years at YSU for Pelini, who he called a "real-life father figure."

Moss was suspended one game for a violation of team rules in 2015 at YSU, according to draft expert Nolan Nawrocki's preview.

"I definitely learned from everything. I attended counseling [because of] that incident for two years. I graduated from that. It's a blessing not only to have this chance to be a New York Giant and play in the national football league, but it's a blessing to get a second chance to play the game at another university," Moss said.

"I felt like I was at my lowest. In 2014 when I was dismissed, I was going through like a crisis. I didn't know what was going on, and I really found faith with my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Everything came to balance once I added him unto my life. From there, everything has been good. To God be the glory. I'm thankful for this opportunity, and the road that came with it, because it taught me a lot.